In
Service: 5 May 1927 to 10 April 1940
Ordered: Builder: Reichsmarinewerft,
Wilhelmshaven
Construction No: 105
Laid down: 5 October
1925
Launched: 15 July 1926
Commissioned: 5 May 1927
Type: Torpedo boat
Class: Raptor
Displacement:
924 tons standard 1,290 tons full load
Length: 88.5 m
Beam:
8.3 m
Draft: 3.65 m
Propulsion: 2 × shaft geared steam
turbines, 3 × boilers producing up to 24,829 shp
Propellers:
2
Speed: 33.6 knots
Range: 3,600 nautical miles at 17 knots
Crew: 129 men and officers
Armament: 3 × 10.5 cm L/45
Tbts C/32
carried 300 rounds
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried
8000 rounds
2 × 2 cm Flak L/65 C/39 before 1941
4 × 2 cm Flak
L/65 C/39 after 1941
carried 8000 rounds
6 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
before 1931
6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes after 1931
30 mines
Armour
Aircraft: Electronics: Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants: Other: Torpedo
boats Articles: 5 May 1927 The torpedo boat Albatros is commissioned.
10 April 1940 The torpedo boat Albatros is sunk after running
aground. Position 59° 24N 10° 35E.
Ernst
Fischer
Takes command on 15 May 1928
Ends command on 28 September
1928
Karl
von Puttkamer
Takes command on September 1928
Ends command on September
1930
Alfred
Schulze-Hinrichs
Takes command on October 1930
Ends command on September
1932
Alfred
Schemmel
Takes command on September 1932
Ends command on December
1932
Hans
Hartmann
Takes command on October 1933
Ends command on October 1935
Hubert
Freiherr von Wangenheim
Takes command on October 1935
Ends command
on September 1936
Georg
Langheld
Takes command on September 1936
Ends command on April 1937
Hans
Erdmenger
Takes command on April 1937
Ends command on October 1937
Heinrich
Wittig
Takes command on November 1937
Ends command on February 1938
Herbert
Max Schultz
Takes command on November 1938
Ends command on November
1939
Siegfried
Strelow
Takes command on December 1939
Ends command on April 1940
German
Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German
Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
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sources